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An Air Force TECH. SGT. checks for radiation on the island of Runit during a clean-up of Eniwetok Atoll. The U.S. used islands in the atoll for atomic testing in the 1950's

A B-52 aircraft flies over the remains of a B-52D that is destined for the scrap heap in accordance with the SALT II treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union

On board a US Air Force (USAF) C-130 Hercules from Yokota Air Base (AB), Japan, retired USAF Colonel (COL) Gail Halvorsen, the Candy Bomber and his wife Lorraine inspect a stuffed bear to be dropped during the first flight of the 50th anniversary flights called the Christmas Drop on Dec. 21 2002

Mr. Carl T. C. Gutierrez, speaker of the 17th Guam Legislature, speaks at the Congressional Medal of Honor Monument dedication ceremony. The monument was erected to honor four Marines for heroism during World War II. They are Captain Louis Wilson, Jr., Private First Class (PFC) Leonard Mason, PFC Luther Skaggs and PFC Frank Witek

Crew members service a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter aboard the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9) during Exercise SOLID SHIELD '87

Colonel Frank Hicks, Commanding Officer of Marine Forces, Operation PACIFIC HAVEN, says goodbye and thanks to the Marines of Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 3rd Marines. PACIFIC HAVEN provided over 6,000 pro-US Kurds from Northern Iraq humanitarian assistance and political asylum

A view of various flight deck activities aboard the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9)

A B-52D Stratofortress aircraft, from Strategic Air Command, leave a smoke trail behind as they take off, one after another, for bombing missions over North Vietnam during Operation LINEBACKER

The 2nd Marine Division Band plays as the 32nd Marine Amphibious Unit returns from duty in Beirut, Lebanon. They were a part of the United Nations peacekeeping force. The ship in front of the band is the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH-9)

A U.S. Navy tug boat lends a line to the KOREA SOUHT REPUBLIC CHANG BOGO (Type 209) CLASS (1200) submarine CHOI MUSON (SSK 063) as it enters into Apra Harbor, Guam. The CHOI MUSON along with her crew of 33, is the first South Korean submarine to visit the Island of Guam

US Marine Sergeant Mark J. Palmer (In black shorts and T-shirt), Jumpmaster, 3rd Air Delivery Platoon, Landing Support Company, 3rd Support Battalion, 3rd Force Service Support Group, briefs Marines, 2nd Platoon, Company A, 5th Force Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, on the drop zones before they jump from a US Air Force C-141 Starlifter (Not shown) aircraft during the Force Reconnaissance Exercises

United States Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Larry Senst and SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Adam Ginett of the 36th Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) flight, Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, prepare to detonate ordnance on the Tarague EOD range